Twine grip



f F. E. SLOCUM.

TWINE GRIP.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 1. 1921.

Patented Apr. 25, 1923 Qwwntz I KENS locum FRANK n. SLOCUM, or nnnvnrtjc mR-A j TWINE GRIP.

T all whom it may concern:

, full, clear, and exact description of'the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. v

lVhen binding packages and sundry articles, such as meat, it is essential that the binder be drawn taut to effect satisfactory results. When the hand is unprotected as is generally the case, soreness and injury results thereto because of the action of the twine or other form of binder.

The present invention provides binder gripping means to be held in the hand, thereby admitting of the twine of other type of binder being drawn taut without injury to the hand, and slipping of the binder through V the device as required, the desired tension being created by closing the hand more or less to bring thecomplemental parts of the device into greater or less active play.

The invention provides a device which may be conveniently held in the hand and which admits of the twine passing therethrough, the resistance to the passage being regulable by varying the gripping action of'the hand. V v

Other objects and advantages will be apparent and suggest themselves as the natureof the invention is understood.

While the drawings illustrate an vembodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that in adapting the same-to meet different conditions and requirements, various changes in the form, proportion and minor. details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the nature of the invention. Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of the specification,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device, themembers being partly open,

Figure 2 is a central longitudinal section, the members being closed,

Figure 3 is a front end view, and

Figure 4 is a section on the line X-X of' Fi ure 2.

orresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and designated in the several views of the drawings by like reference characters.v

Application filed rebm r 1, 1921. Serial muesli/2.,

" The d-evice'com'prises similar ."complemen-- tal members 1"" and which-are pivotally, connected at one end f The members 1 and flare of elongated formfand jare provided and receive the pivot fastening means,

twine passing betweenthemembers. Theouter side of the members is transversely I curved to obtain a convenient gripping actlon. To prevent slipping of the device when in servlce, the outer side-of the members may be roughened in any manner. The

binder 3 is shown as consisting of twine.

This twine is retained in place at one end of the device by passing between the inner spaced ears. The inner ears 4 are set inward from the sides of the member 2 a' dis tance corresponding to the thickness of the outer ears 5, whereby to admit of said outer ears becoming flush with the sides of the device. Corresponding ears 4 and 5 overlap and receive pivot fastenings 6. The space between the inner ears 4 is unobstructed to provide ample passage for the twine'or binder 8. Inwardly extendinglugs 7 and 8 are proy idediat the free ends of the members 1 and 2. These lugs are adapted to overlap and are apertu're'd' for the passage of the twine or binder 3. Recesses are provided in the opposing members to receive the respec-- tive lugs 7 and 8, whereby to admit of the members 1 and 2 being pressed together so as to obtain the required" tension on the twine in its passage through the device.

The inner fluted faces ofthe members have flanges. 9 at the ends of the depressions formed betweenthe ribs and these flanges serve in a measure to prevent lateral displacement of the twine and to obviate lat eral movement of the members when the latter are pressed together when gripped in the hand. The members may be constructed of any suitable material and each may cone sist of a single or any required number of parts according to the 'finish and construction of the article.

As illustrated in the accompanying draw- 60 i at one end Wltli spaced earswhich overlap l The. lnner tapes or the members are corrugated or fluted, tne corrugations or flutes matching ings the outer sides of the members are recessed and receive grips, preferably of wood. In this way the body portion of the members may be cast or otherwise formed of metal and the grip portions may be of any material soothing to the hand.

What is claimed is: s

1. A device of theclass described comprising jaws provided with interfitting corrugations, means for pivoting the jaws together, and apertured ears on the jaws and arranged in overlapping relation to receive anelement engaged by the corrugations to prevent separation of said jaws.

'2. A device of the class described having jaws provided with interlitting corrugations, pairs of ears on said jaws, a pivot joining the pairs, said pairs of cars being spaced so that the jaws will be unobstructed opposite the pivot and in the line of the corrugations, interfitting lugs on said jaws and said lugs having openings through which an element engaged by thecOrrugatiOns may pass to prevent undueseparation ofthe jaws.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature 25 in presence of two Witnesses. 1

FRANK E. SLOCUM.

lVitnesses: I

CHAS. F. KUssnMiLLER, J r., J. M, DILLON. 

